The Good Heart
Subtitle: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: October 25, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780861711147
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Comparative Religion; Buddhism; New Testament Commentary; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Christianity and other religions; Buddhism - General; Christianity - General; Buddhist interpretations; Jesus Christ; Religion / Comparative Religion; Teachings; Buddhism - Zen; Christianity; Relations
Description: For the tenth annual John Main Seminar, the World Community for Christian Meditation brought Christians and Buddhists together to experience enlightened dialogue between religions conducted with respect, reverence, and the joy of friendship.

From this remarkable event comes an historic first in publishing: The Good Heart. In this unprecedented book, one of the world's most beloved spiritual teachers, the Dalai Lama, comments on well-known passages from each of the four Christian Gospels, providing a unique reading of these familiar source of faith.

Offering his Buddhist perspective on the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and other selections, the Dalai Lama finds many similarities between Christian and Buddhist teachings, as well as an extraordinary correspondence between the narratives and lives of Jesus and the Buddha.